Title page of v. 5 varies: "... profils des maisons royalles, de quelques églises de Paris, et de chateaux et maisons de plaisances situées tant aux environs de cette ville qu'en d'autres endroits ...

Many plates executed by Jean Mariette, the remainder by various artists and engravers

Bibliothèque nationale catalogue attributes title to Pierre-Jean Mariette

Vol. 4 is composed of engravings by Jean Marot, a selection of whose work was also reprinted by Mariette in 1727 under the same title and known as "le grand Marot". Selection of plates apparently varies between these two Mariette reprintings

L'architecture française : réimpression de l'édition originale de 1727", Paris, G. Vanoest, 1927-1929, shows 562 plates in v. 1-3. Guilmard lists 540 plates (more than one to a leaf in some instances)

Mauban, A. L'architecture française de Jean Mariette

Guilmard, D. Les maitres ornemanistes

Library's set incomplete. Library's copy 1 in 3 v. with some plates duplicated in v. 1 and v. 3. V. 1 has 159 leaves of plates, v. 2, 164, v. 3, 158. Library's copy 2 in 2 v. has 165 plates in v. 1, 109 in v. 2. The arrangement of plates varies between the two sets and from the (differing) descriptions of Mauban and Guilmard

Library's copy 2 has volume numbers added in manuscript to the title page

Title page of v. 5 varies: "... profils des maisons royalles, de quelques églises de Paris, et de chateaux et maisons de plaisances situées tant aux environs de cette ville qu'en d'autres endroits ...

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